Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

Core i7-4700HQ vs Phenom II X6 1090T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4700HQ performs better than the Phenom II X6 1090T. Despite this, the Phenom II X6 1090T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1090T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4700HQ. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1090T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1090T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1090T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.